Padam Padam summer is coming. Kylie Minogue is embarking on her biggest global tour in 14 years from February 2025 – and Australia is the first stop.
Minogue’s Tension Tour will hit Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, and finally feature performances of work from her 2023 hit album of the same name. She will also unleash live tracks from Tension II, an upcoming collection of 13 songs (nine new). The album, set for release on October 18, will delve even further into the electronic space and is billed as being “packed full of dance floor anthems”. The lead single, Lights Camera Action, will drop on September 27.
Kylie Minogue will play two shows each in Sydney and Melbourne.Credit: Erik Melvin
“I can’t wait to share beautiful and wild moments with fans all over the world, celebrating the Tension era and more!” Minogue said. “It’s been an exhilarating ride so far.”
Sparked by the viral success of her electro-pop single Padam Padam last year, Minogue has enjoyed an incredible resurgence. The 56-year-old icon energised long-time fans and gained a new generation of followers as the track became the hottest thing on TikTok. It climbed the global charts and picked up an ARIA for best pop release, her first ARIA Award since 2002. The track also earned a Grammy Award for best pop dance recording. Tension followed, hitting No.1 on the album charts in Australia and the UK.
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Since then, Minogue has been living it up overseas with a first Las Vegas residency, performing at WeHo Pride in the US, headlining London’s BST Hyde Park festival and collaborating with international acts including the Blessed Madonna, Orville Peck, Bebe Rexha and Tove Lo, plus local legend Sia.
Minogue was also honoured with the global icon award at the BRITs and celebrated by doing a shoey during the ceremony. But, though Sydneysiders enjoyed a great headline performance at WorldPride in 2023, Australian fans haven’t had the chance to get in on the Padam Padam party.
Minogue was booked to play this year’s Splendour in the Grass – a move our music writer Robert Moran called “the smartest decision the organisers have ever made” – but the festival was cancelled soon after.